Alberta Women's Science Network (AWSN)
http://www.awsn.com/
The Alberta Women's Science Network (AWSN) aims to promote academic and career participation in engineering, science and information technology to women and girls, as well as general understanding beyond academic and professional fields.The activities of the organisation includes the provision of information resources, advice and mentoring, organising conferences, tutorials and career presentations. The website contains current information on events and networking opportunities, featured biographies and projects.
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Archive research guide : women in engineering
http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/research/guides-women.cfm
The Women and Engineering archives are one of the strands held at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) archives. The archives include the records of the National Archive of Electrical Science and Technology, papers of 19th and 20th century scientists and image, film and rare book collections. By using the search facility you can retrieve information relating specifically to women and engineering.
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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering is part of the special collections department of Iowa State University Library. It is associated with Iowa State's program for Women in Science and Engineering, whose goal it is to encourage women to follow careers in science and engineering. The archives document the lives of women who have achieved this goal in the past. The collections include the papers of Iowa State alumni but the geographical boundaries also span the United States and in some cases include American women working abroad. The site includes a collection list, and information about new acquisitions, secondary sources, virtual exhibits and the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering Oral History Project.
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Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Centre (APWINC)
http://apwinc.sookmyung.ac.kr/ehome2/
APWINC founded in November 1996 at Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea to promote "women's informatization and women-related communication technologies in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on South Korea and North Korea." APWINC is in the process of constructing regional & global ICT centers for women with AWORC & WomenAction. APWINC cooperates with UNESCO, UNESCAP, UNIFEM, UN WomenWatch and other international bodies in developing ICT-related projects for women. The website provides statistics, information about its training programmes and related links.
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Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC)
http://www.aworc.org/
The Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC) is an 'Internet-based women's information service and network in Asia. It is an initiative geared towards developing cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new information and communication technologies for women's empowerment.' AWORC works to help expand existing regional networks in the 'women's movement, promote electronic resource sharing and build a regional information service that will support various women's advocacies specifically those that are very critical for the women in our region.' The web site provides links to its participating organisations. There are mirror sites in Mandarin, Japanese and Thai.
AWORC aspires to contribute to global efforts to address gender disparity on the Internet. It is geared towards building sustainable, as well as promoting Net literacy and enhancing social activism among individual women and women's organizations.
The members of the growing AWORC community include women's information, resource and documentation centers, women's information providers and users; as well as communications organizations working closely with women's networks.
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Association Femmes et Sciences
http://www.femmesetsciences.fr/
The Association Femmes et Sciences was established by a group of French female scientists to address the issue of under-representation of women in both the private and public scientific sectors in France. Among its activities, the Association organises seminars, establishes links with related European and international organisations, and promotes the study of science to girls in schools. The Website provides online subscription/affiliation, a library database of articles and books and details of national/international conferences. Some parts of the Site are still under construction. It is in French only.
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Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
http://www.awcps.org/
The Association for Women in Computing founded in Washington, USA in 1978 as a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of women in the field of computing. The web site provides details of AWC's activities, events and awards.
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Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
These web pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the achievements of women in the field of mathematics. Included are biographies and photographs of key women mathematicians, references to further literature and links to related websites.
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Caroline Herschel: Mathematician, astronomer: first woman to discover a comet
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/scienceastronomy/p/herschel.htm
This Web page is on the Women's History gateway of the About.com reference website. It provides brief information about the mathematician and astronomer, Caroline Herschel. She was born in Germany and later moved to England. She became a member of the Royal Society. There are weblinks to related websites about astronomers and other pioneering women.
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Center for Women & Information Technology (CWIT)
http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/
The Center for Women and Information Technology, established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)in July 1998, seeks to address and rectify women's under-representation in IT and to enhance our understanding of the relationship betwen gender and IT. The Center has a three-fold mission: to encourage more women and girls to study computer science and/or information systems and to pursue careers in information technology (IT); to encourage more women and girls to become familiar with IT and to understand its rapidly increasing importance in every field, not just in science and technology but also in the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences; and to encourage and support research concerning the relationship between gender and IT. The Center's website contains: information about the Center, curricular resources, links to related sites, and news and announcements.
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Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (Praire Region)(CWSE)
http://www.mun.ca/cwse/events_nfnt.html
CWSE's objectives include providing leadership and a focal point for diverse groups working on women's issues in science and engineering, and encouragement to young women to consider careers in science and engineering, and to increase the enrollment and retention of women in undergraduate and graduate programs in science and engineering in the Prairie Provinces. Their strategic plan is available via the website. The website also provides information on best practice when planning programmes, links to other chairs in Canada, events and research and statistical information.
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Contributions of 20th century women to physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/
CWP aims to compile and present a documented archive of information about 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics before 1976. The situation is changing rapidly now, and many more women have entered the field. Owing to limitations of time and funding for this project, contemporary women whose contributions date from 1976 to the present are not represented. The site contains a database where one may search by the specific field of physics, or for a woman's name; an annotated photo gallery where one can click on a picture and see the associated citation; a list of recent additions to the database; and a bibliography of books and journals which contain information about the women named on this site.
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Data on women in physics
http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/gendertrends.html
"Data on women in physics" is a web page hosted by the American Institute of Physics. The Web page includes reports about the education and employment of women in physics. The following reports are available: Women in physics & astronomy faculty positions, details of the survey "Women physicists speak again", FAQ's about women in physics and astronomy, 2005 and links to information relating to Statistics on women in science in Germany, US delegation to 2nd IUPAP International Conference on women in physics, Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering, NSF contributions of 20th century women to physics, Women in physics, American Physical Society.
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Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-epistemology/
This website is part of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and is maintained by Elizabeth S. Anderson, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, and sometime Adjunct Professor of Law who teaches in the Department of Philisophy, Michagan University, USA. The website acts as a reference source and covers: situated knowers, feminist standpoint theory, feminist postmodernism, feminist empiricism, feminist science, criticism and feminist science, feminist defenses of value-laden inquiry, feminist critiques and conceptions of objectivity, epistemic authority trends in feminist epistemology. It also maintains a bibliography, other related Internet resources, related entries, and an a-z subject listing which include references to female philosophers.
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Gender Advisory Board (GAB)
http://gab.wigsat.org/
The Gender Advisory Board was established in 1995 to provide advice to the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD). Its main functions are to advise, monitor and provide assistance in the implementation of the recommendations made by the Commission on gender and science and technology. This web site is hosted by Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT). This web site provides details of GAB's activities, board members, recommendations, publication and relevant web links.
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Gender and Science and Technology Gateway (GST)
http://gstgateway.wigsat.org/
The Gender, Science and Technology Gateway (GST) 'focuses on gender equality to promote sustainable and equitable science and technology for development' and provides key links and information on research, practice and policy. The Web site is organised into the following seven subjects: Education, Careers, Needs of Society, S&T Decision Making, Local Knowledge Systems, Ethical Issues, and Collecting Gender Disaggregated Data.
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Gender, Technology and Development
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200816
Gender, Technology and Development "serves as a forum for exploring the linkages between changing gender relations and technological development." The journal examines the changing definition of gender, feminism, equality, technology and science for non-western societies. It has an international editorial board but is edited in Malaysia. The website provides subscription information; contents lists can be freely viewed but for full-text access, a subscription is needed. It is published by Sage.
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Gender-set mailing list archive
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/gender-set.html
A mailing list archive intended to provide a forum for the discussion of research on gender, science, technology and engineering (SET), including but not limited to, research on gender differences in involvement in SET occupations and education, feminist science studies and philosophical critiques of SET. Offers the opportunity to browse and search the archive and names list.
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Girls Tech: Girls, Science, and Technology
http://girlstech.douglass.rutgers.edu/index.html
This website is part of the Rutgers Women in Math, Science and Engineering which is a program of Douglass College, the Undergraduate Women's College of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersery. Girl Tech provides a framework for evaluating electronic resources that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology. The website provides research papers theory, summary and reports, and references.
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Information Technology and Women's Lives
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/infotech/
Information Technology and Women's Lives is an annotated bibliography of over 750 references. It was compiled by Linda Schult in 1996 for the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian's Office. Entries include books, book chapters, periodical articles, and some dissertations and reports. The text may be retrieved either in its entirety as a 252kb text file or browsed online in the following sections: general, computer science and education, employment and health, online usage and electronic resources.
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Institute for Women and Technology
http://www.anitaborg.org/index.php
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is a non-profit institute, founded in 1997 in the United States. The Institute works with research universities and women's colleges to bridge the gender gap in information technology and to create high-tech products that women find useful. The Institute "seeks to catalyze R&D initiatives throughout industry, academia, government and the non-profit sector that fully engage women in all phases of their work."
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JIVE: Joining Policy, Joining Practice: creating change for women and girls in science, engineering, construction and technology
http://www.jivepartners.org.uk/
"JIVE is a national partnership led by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology at Bradford College" to address occupational segregation in the Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology (SECT) sectors. "JIVE enables women to return to SECT employment, supports women through networking and mentoring, improves employment practices in universities and industry, opens up employment pathways to SECT careers and raises the profile of women in SECT. JIVE works from Regional Hubs as well as National Centres in Scotland and Wales and transnationally."
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Let's TWIST (Train Women in Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology)
http://www.letstwist.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/
"Let's TWIST (Train Women in Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology) aims to ensure women's long-term participation in construction and technology training and occupations." Let's TWIST organise activities locally, regionally and nationally working with women and girls, learning providers, careers professionals and employers.
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Operation Minerva (Opmin)
http://www.awsn.com/OperationMinerva/tabid/87/Default.aspx
Operation Minerva (Opmin) was founded in 1988 by a group of Calgary teachers, female science mentors, and interested individuals who recognized a need to create an awareness of the small number of female students choosing science, mathematics and technical courses and careers. Opmin brings together young women and female science mentors. The website provides some background to the organisation, guidelines for mentoring and news.
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Rosa Luxemburg Institute (RLI)
http://www.rli.at/Seiten/english/englwelc.htm
The Rosa Luxemburg Institute is part of the Association for Interdisciplinary Research and Praxis (ViF). It is based in Austria. ViF carries out research in the following areas: theory, history, cultural & social studies of science, genetic engineering, reproductive medicine, technology, gender & development, ecology, feminist analysis of global patriarchy and strategies for the future. The English website is an abridged version of the German website.
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